## SYNOPSIS
+`vcsh` [<options>] <command>
+
`vcsh` clone <url> [<repo>]
`vcsh` delete <repo>
`vcsh` rename <repo> <newname>
-`vcsh` run <repo> <command>
+`vcsh` run <repo> <shell command>
`vcsh` setup <repo>
+`vcsh` version
+
`vcsh` which <substring>
`vcsh` write-gitignore <repo>
-`vcsh` <repo> <gitcommand>
+`vcsh` <repo> <git command>
`vcsh` <repo>
## OPTIONS
+* -c:
+ Source <file> prior to other configuration files
+
+* -d:
+ Enable debug mode
+
+* -v:
+ Enable verbose mode
+
+## COMMANDS
+
* clone:
Clone an existing repository.
* setup:
Set up repository with recommended settings.
+* version:
+ Print version information.
+
* which <substring>:
Find <substring> in name of any tracked file.
As noted earlier, `vcsh` will set <$GIT_DIR> and <$GIT_WORK_TREE> to the
appropriate values for fake bare git repositories.
+## CONFIG
+
+There are several ways to turn the various knobs on `vcsh`. In order of
+ascending precedence, they are:
+
+* `VARIABLE=foo vcsh`
+* </etc/vcsh/config>
+* <$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/config>
+* `vcsh -c <file>`
+
+Please note that those files are sourced. Any and all commands will be
+executed in the context of your shell.
+
+Interesting knobs you can turn:
+
+* <$VCSH_GITIGNORE>:
+ Can be either <exact> or <recursive>.
+
+ <exact> will seed the repo-specific <.gitignore> with all file and directory
+ names which `git ls-files` returns.
+
+ <recursive> will descend through all directories recursively additionally to
+ the above.
+
+ Defaults to <exact>.
+
+Less interesting knobs you could turn:
+
+* <$VCSH_DEBUG>:
+ Enter debug mode.
+
+* <$XDG_CONFIG_HOME>:
+ As specified in the 'XDG Base Directory Specification', see
+ <http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html>
+
+ Defaults to <$HOME/.config>.
+
+* <$VCSH_REPO_D>:
+ The directory where repositories are read from and stored.
+
+ Defaults to <$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/repo.d>.
+
+* <$VCSH_HOOK_D>:
+ The directory where hooks are read from.
+
+ Defaults to <$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/hooks-enabled>.
+
+* <$VCSH_BASE>:
+ The directory where repositories are checked out to.
+
+ Defaults to <$HOME>.
+
+
## HOOK SYSTEM
`vcsh` provides a hook system. Hook scripts must be executable and should be
## DETAILED HOWTO AND FURTHER READING
-Man pages are intended to be short and thus often useless to glean best
-practices from. This software comes with a file called <README.md>. It contains
-various approaches to setting up and using vcsh. You can view the file it as
+Manpages are often short and sometimes useless to glean best practices from.
+While the author tried to avoid this in this case, manpages can not cover
+detailed howtos.
+
+This software also comes with a file called <README.md>. It contains various
+approaches to setting up and using vcsh. You can view the file it as
plain text or render it into various other formats via Markdown.
On Debian-based systems, this file can be found in </usr/share/doc/vcsh>.
## SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
-`vcsh` allows you to execute arbitrary commands via `vcsh` run. For example,
+`vcsh` allows you to execute arbitrary commands via `vcsh run`. For example,
adding a `sudo`(8) rule for `vcsh` would be pretty stupid.
-Additionally, vcsh will source, i.e. execute, <$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/config>.
-You can put any and all commands into this config file and they will be executed.
+Additionally, vcsh will source, i.e. execute, all files listed in <CONFIG>.
+You can put any and all commands into these config files and they will be
+executed.
## BUGS
None are known at this time, but reports and/or patches are more than welcome.
-## KNOWN ISSUES
+## INTEROPERABILITY
-As of this writing (June 2012), `vcsh` does not work with `git submodule` due
-to limitations within `git`. Depending on when you are reading this, you might
-want to consider upgrading.
+If you rely on `git submodule` use `git` 1.7.12 or later. Earlier versions
+do not clean internal variables properly before descending into submodules,
+resulting in unhappy end users.
## HISTORY
projects / code / vcsh.git / blobdiff